Non-refillable bottle.



c. B. man., s .NUN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED 00112. .39!4,

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.'

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CHARLES B. CLER, or' NEW YoiaK, iv. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. CLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State' of New York, have invented a,- certain new and useful Improvement in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention` relates to that class of antirefllling devices in which a valved closure is introducedin th'e neck of the bottle, and they object of the invention is 'to provide a .closure of this character which will serve efficiently and may be economically mamifactured and easily applied and secured.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction 'and arrangement by which the labove objects are' scale an approved form of the invention.

Fi rel is an axial section through a bottle-neck and the closure or plugtherein.

. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are transverse sections, taken on the lines 2-2, 3-3 and 4 4 respectively of the preceding figure. Fig. 5 is a side elevation o f the valve. Fig. 6 is a corresponding view at a right angle to Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate the saine parts in all the figures.

A is a bottle-neck which may be of the usual form externally and having its interior cylindrical or only slightly tapered, to receive a cylindrical cartridge or plug introduced after the bottle has been filled, and containing the valved passages through which the contents of the bottle may. be

poured out.

The plug is in two' parts, B and C, the uppermost B consisting of a hollow cylindrical shell terminating at the upper end in a contracted opening b surrounded by a neck 0r flange B1 through which the contained liquid is delivered from the bottle. Below the opening b and inclnsed axially within the shell is an inverted cup D of less. diameter than the interior of the shell to provide an annular passage b1 between these portions, and at the lower edge of the cup i'iin is an exterior conical or flaring annular flange D1 extending angularly upward and outward toward the interior' of the'shell,

Specification of Letters Patent.

} the cup is marked b2. y

The shell and its contained icup are 'prf-A c Patented auggfa, S1915;

Ap'plication filed October-2, 1914. Serial No.864,569. l z

cup D. The annular passage between the flange D1 and the sliellis marked'a?y 'and the,...

annular passage between the Hnge, yB2 andi-y;

erably formed integrally yfrom' porcelainf" glass, or other suitable material'and'aie joined by.pos`ts or studs E' extending from"` the flange D1 to `the flange Bgfandflocatedf at suitable intervals. The 'lower' porti'on@`A of the plug ma y be o-f the same' material' and l. consists of an annulus having `a cifrcuinferential rabbet oil voffset at C1 on the upper margin to receive Vthe skirt lof t-liefsl'iellfUB.,

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and a similar rabbet on the lowerfacefatl@2 receives a ring or gasket F1of`corkor-analo-,

gous material adapted tobe'complress'ed between the annulus and interior ofthe bottleneck tol guide and hold the plug during insertion and to close the joint between the neck andannulus against the passage of liquid. r

The upper face of the annulus is plane and forms the seat for a valve G of aluminum or other material, of disk form lying thereon and having an openwork downward exten- Sion G1 received in the axial passage inthe aniiulus to guide the valve vin its opening and closing movements. A delicate helical spring H of bronze or other non-corrosive material holds the valve lightly to its. seat and abuts at one end within the inverted cup D and at the other upon the upper face of the valve G on which is a boss G2 encircled by the end of the spring and serving as a guide for the latter. The spring H should be light enough to permit the valve to leave its seat under the pressure of the contained liquid when the bottle is cantcd or inverted, and of suilicient expansive force to return the valve to its seat when relieved from such liquid pressure.

To insert the plug the parts are first assembled with the skirt'of the shell received in the rabbet C1 of the annulus, the whole is then forced into the neck of the filled bottle against the resistance offered by the cork gasket F Auntil the desired location is reached, a suitable cement J is then applied to fill the annular space between the flange B1 and the neck of the bottle which on hardening .holds the shell firmly in place, the annulus'being held by the frictional contact of its gasket F. The mouth of the bottle may then be closed by acork L, and capped as v usual if the plug be located as shown in Fig.

spring, and gasket, easily and 12er if the plug be forced into the neck a, less distance so that the tange Bllies about iueh 'with the bottlemouth` ne will be understood the valve und flowing through the annular.

passages between the cup and shell, and reing is prevented by the closing of the valve aided b v itsspring.

The plane upper ffice oi" the invertedcup is of greater uren than the oriiiee Y und with the finnges l)1 B2 serves etl'eetuullyto prevent the insertion of n wire or other instrument tolift -the vulve for refill i ng'.

It will be noted that of few parts, the shellg nnnulus, valve.

eheziplj;Y produced and inserted. The eoinpreseihle gusliet F and the cement J permit the device to accommodate itself to slight irregularities in the bottle-neck, und the lutter requires no special construction other than to be formed approximately oiflindricul on its interior,

Modifications muy be inode in the forms und proportions of the parte und in the niathe device eonsiets tei-idle en'uiioved, te inn); ne found neer-,sealy in uflsliptig the invention for service 'finder rui-ions conditions.

elosure comprising n plug in see* l uppermost being; in the forni of :i hollow cylindrical Shell with u. contracted opening :it one end, und. n, lower purt having :i eirernnferentiiil oiieet portifni receiving; the. inner und of the Shell, n eouiprx-feihle guelet receiving the inner end of Suid tion undbetween which und uuid inner 'end oi the `ehell Suid oiiset is; disposed. .-i, vulve sented on the loiver pm'tion. Suid shell hav ing' oppositelv disposed overluppingg internnl iiung'es und :in inverted eupslinpml member integral 'with Suid iiunges, there being un annular puise-:ige Iieriveen the,l outer moet iiunge und the cup und u -pring within said cup-hearing upon the vulve.

In testimoniv that I eluin: the invention above set forth I uiiix my signature, inv pree ence of tivo witnesses.

CILXHLES B. CLER. liVitnesses t tlelfnr Binnen,

Grunn-:s R. Sellerio.

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